Lumine and Paimon, staying at the inn, opened their sleepy eyes and stretched lazily.
Paimon yawned and accused, "It's all your fault for lying in bed! We're going to be late. Let's hurry and meet up with Deena Dazed."
Lumine gave Paimon a disdainful look, not wanting to argue with her. So, the two walked side-by-side to the Inazuma Delegation's residence, where they found Deena Dazed and Dehya already waiting.
From a distance, Paimon greeted Deena Dazed, "Good morning, Deena Dazed! Sorry we're late, hehe."
Deena Dazed turned around and said flatly, "No, I just arrived too early."
Hearing Deena Dazed's extremely flat tone, Paimon said with some concern, "You seem a bit down... Did you not sleep well?"
Deena Dazed shook her head and explained, "I'm fine, don't worry. Shall we go? Let's go browse the stalls over there first."
Lumine felt a strange sensation watching Deena Dazed's behavior. Logically, Deena Dazed was the one most looking forward to this Sabzeruz Festival, yet her performance today was extremely subdued, without any excitement or anticipation. This was too strange, wasn't it?
Also, Deena Dazed just walked away? Lumine glanced at the Inazuma Delegation's mansion, which was so close, and wondered if she should invite Miyashiro, Ayaka, and Kokomi to join them.
Seeing that Lumine hadn't kept up, Paimon asked in confusion, "Eh? Lumine, what are you spacing out about? Let's go!"
Lumine looked at the Inazuma Delegation's mansion nearby and reminded, "Deena Dazed, Paimon, since we're already here, why don't we invite Miyashiro to visit the Sabzeruz Festival with us? After all, if it weren't for Miyashiro's help, the most important festival performance might not have been able to continue."
Paimon: "Oh? You're right, that's a good idea! I'll go call him."
Deena Dazed stopped and waited emotionlessly, while Paimon went to the gate of the Inazuma Delegation's mansion to invite Miyashiro. Before she could even knock, Kokomi and Ayaka walked out hand-in-hand.
Seeing this, Paimon quickly greeted them, "Kokomi, Ayaka, you've come at just the right time! Would you like to come with us to explore the Sabzeruz Festival?"
Ayaka and Kokomi also had expressions of indifference on their faces and said, "Sure, we can experience the atmosphere of the Sabzeruz Festival."
Paimon: "Oh, right, why don't you also ask Miyashiro if he wants to come along? The more people, the merrier."
Ayaka said expressionlessly, "Regent said he had important matters to attend to and left early this morning, so he probably can't join us for a stroll."
Paimon: "Eh? How come? We still wanted to express our gratitude to Miyashiro for providing the Inazuma Delegation's residence for our performance. Since he's busy, we won't disturb him. Let's go."
Paimon led Ayaka and Kokomi back, and everyone began to experience the various stalls and activities at the Sabzeruz Festival.
However, as Lumine in the crowd experienced the Sabzeruz Festival, a very strong sense of déjà vu arose in her heart. It seemed like she had experienced this scene and these conversations many times before?
What was going on?
Especially when she arrived at Faris the Flower Knight's stall and was choosing Yalda Candy blind boxes, Lumine was able to accurately state the flavor of every candy blind box.
This scene greatly astonished Vigar, who was playing Faris. Vigar immediately asked, "Ah... wait, how did you know? Do you know all the flavors corresponding to these five boxes?"
Paimon was also shocked and said, "What? He got them all right?"
Vigar: "This definitely can't be explained by luck, can it? This, how is this possible? I packed the boxes this morning, and they haven't been opened. I haven't told anyone about them either, so you couldn't have known in advance.
Mind reading? X-ray vision? Or some kind of trick? This is really too strange..."
Paimon also asked curiously, "Lumine, quickly explain! When did you get this superpower, and you kept it from me? I'm your best companion, hmph!"
Lumine looked around and felt that the situation was becoming increasingly bizarre. Suddenly, she noticed a strange gaze. She turned to look, but found nothing unusual.
Lumine decided immediately, "Excuse me, Deena Dazed, Kokomi, Ayaka, I suddenly have something to do, so I'll take my leave first."
Deena Dazed, Kokomi, and Ayaka showed no reaction to Lumine's departure, merely nodding and saying faintly, "Mm, no problem."
Seeing Lumine leave without hesitation, Paimon quickly chased after her, shouting, "Eh? Where are you going? Are you just leaving like that?"
After leaving, Lumine tried a series of methods, even doing some things she would never normally do, but that eerie sense of déjà vu still could not be shaken off.
Today's Sabzeruz Festival thus ended with a strange sense of completion.
Lumine and Paimon returned to the inn where they were staying. Not only could they not find any clues, but their heads also began to feel heavy and muddled. Even though they hadn't thought about many brain-draining things, their minds felt particularly exhausted.
Paimon comforted, "Since that's the case, let's go to bed early. Let's just assume it's a hallucination from being too tired. We can talk about anything else tomorrow!"
However, when Lumine vaguely opened her eyes again, Paimon was already urging her to hurry and meet up with Deena Dazed. Today was Deena Dazed's most anticipated Suflower Festival!
This endless, eerie sense of déjà vu continued to overwhelm Lumine's senses, making her realize that she had to make a change.
So this time, she didn't even bother to find an excuse to explain to Deena Dazed, directly abandoning her and leaving, constantly searching for strange occurrences within Sumeru City.
When they wandered into the Bimarstan in Sumeru City, they finally saw a small, cute, mysterious Damselette with a single Horsetail tied to the side of her head.
The Damselette: "You already know this isn't your first time attending the Sabzeruz Festival, don't you?"
Lumine's eyes immediately widened at the words, and she looked at the mysterious Damselette before her with alertness: "Who are you? Do you know what's going on?"
The Damselette smiled and said, "My name is... Nahida."
After speaking, Nahida pulled out a canned knowledge from behind him and handed it to Lumine and Paimon, saying, "You'll know how to use this, won't you? It will tell you the answer."
Although absorbing canned knowledge from strangers was a very dangerous thing, Lumine and Paimon had a premonition that doing so was the right thing. So, after accepting Nahida's canned knowledge...
One minute later.
Paimon exclaimed in surprise, "For us, today is already the twentieth? Oh no, the thirtieth? The fortieth? The countless Suflower Festival?"
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